Temple City Camellia Festival Parade Participants Endure Plenty of Precipitation
Despite all logic, the 2010 Camellia Festival Parade kicked off Saturday morning amid pouring rain. While many wondered why the parade wasn’t rescheduled, shivering children and soaking saxophonists paraded down Las Tunas to the cheers of a handful of brave souls who were watching from the comfort of business doorways along the route. At times [...]
Proposed Piazza Project Litigation Update
Proposed Piazza Project Litigation Update On April 14, 2008, the City filed suit against TCD Enterprise, LLC and its principal, Randy Wang (collectively “Wang”), the developer of the Piazza Las Tunas Project, commonly referred to simply as the “Piazza.” The Piazza was to be located at the northeast corner of Las Tunas Blvd and Rosemead [...]
Camellia Festival Gets Off to a Wet Start – The Show Must Go On
Despite all logic, the 2010 Camellia Festival Parade kicked off Saturday morning amid pouring rain. While many wondered why the parade wasn’t rescheduled, shivering children and soaking saxophonists paraded down Las Tunas to the cheers of a handful of brave souls who were watching from the comfort of business doorways along the route. At times [...]
Even with Owner Financing, Low Credit Scores Will Wipe Out Opportunities
I’m just about to close a note deal where the Buyer’s / Payor’s credit score is below 600. Ouch. Why can I even work with this? (Normally this would be a note I couldn’t even consider buying). Because there was a 10% down payment, there is almost 3 years of seasoning (the buyer has been [...]
Temple City Tribune – February 22nd, 2010
A Day in San Juan Capistrano
Each March hundreds of thousands of swallows fly into San Juan Capistrano to relax in mud nests and enjoy the warm coastal climate. I don’t visit the city as often, but when I do it’s always a fun and rewarding experience. Some friends and I began a recent getaway to the town at Mission San [...]
Baroque and Brazil to Flavor Santa Cecilia Orchestra Concert
The Santa Cecilia Orchestra claims a special mission to serve the Latino community to stimulate interest in classical music but it serves all of us with its programming. This season the orchestra has scheduled five concerts, the third being held this Sunday, Feb. 21 at 4 p.m. in Thorne Hall on the campus of Occidental [...]
“If You Don’t Buy a House Now, You’re Stupid or Broke”
This was the title of an article that ran in Business Week a few weeks back. Sounds harsh, but it got your attention, didn’t it? He said: “What I’m trying to impress upon everyone is that if you are planning on being a homeowner now and/or in the foreseeable future . . . then pay [...]
February 14 a “Big Day” at First Baptist
Valentine’s Day–Presidents’ Day Weekend and Chinese New Year’s–and also a very “Big Day” at First Baptist Church of Temple City. The church is celebrating by inviting the community to the start of a new series of messages called “From Stress to Rest.” Special music will be featured in both the 8 AM and 10:30 AM [...]
Students Compete in Geography Bee at Cloverly Elementary School
Over 30 fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students participated in Cloverly Elementary School’s annual Geography Bee on Tuesday, January 12. The competition lasted for over 90 minutes as students completed seven grueling rounds of questions. About half a dozen students were left for the nerve-wracking tie breaking rounds. Two fourth graders, Andrew Kosanovich and Carol [...]
